Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-03 Thread Ben Caplan
> Oh, and in that case I revise my minimum index suggestion to 3. Why shouldn't there be power 1 flash proposals?

Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-02 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > With no minimum, a proposal could have an index of 0 and be adopted > > > with 1 support. I suggest that there should be a minimum index of 2.

Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-02 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > With no minimum, a proposal could have an index of 0 and be adopted > > with 1 support. I suggest that there should be a minimum index of 2. > > What would be the point of passing a proposal with power -1? > More inter

Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-02 Thread Ed Murphy
Pavitra wrote: > Good point. It should be phrased as an Agoran decision instead. Agreed. Would require the following: * Any person (except current/recent Promotor or Asssesor) is authorized to initiate an Agoran decision per R107. * Amend R107 to allow shorter voting period (minimum th

Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-02 Thread Ben Caplan
On Friday 2 May 2008 3:33:34 Kerim Aydin wrote: > The right solution in "emergencies" is to slow down everything else > (e.g. like entering Senate mode does) rather than rush through proposals. Emergency sessions don't slow down anything except proposal adoption. If a buggy deadline is coming up, c

Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-02 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An active first-class player generally CAN adopt a proposal with > N Support, provided that Dependent actions are defined at power 2. Utilizing them as a means to adopt proposals would create a potential opening

Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 2 May 2008, Ben Caplan wrote: > I've been thinking that it might be a good idea to have a way to pass > proposals arbitrarily quickly, in case of emergency. Of course, it > would have to be fairly failsafe againt voting scams. The right solution in "emergencies" is to slow down everything

DIS: Proto-proposal: Flash proposals

2008-05-02 Thread Ben Caplan
I've been thinking that it might be a good idea to have a way to pass proposals arbitrarily quickly, in case of emergency. Of course, it would have to be fairly failsafe againt voting scams. Flash Proposals AI=3 {{ Create a new rule at power 3 entitled "Flash Proposals" with the following text: